True T.Lo Stories: When I was a victim of a cat thief

Saturday, March 23, 2013

When I was in college, I had a cat named Dogg, and I loved him more than anything in the world.

During my last semester of college, I obtained a highly competitive internship at The Late Show with David Letterman. Knowing that I needed to take that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, I had to figure out what to do with Dogg while I was away in New York City for five months.

My best friend, who also loved Dogg, agreed to take him in until my internship was over, and while I was in New York, she moved to Ithaca with Dogg to be with her boyfriend. Like my friend, her boyfriend also loved the cuddly wonder that was Dogg the cat. Things should have been awesome.

BUT THEN THEY BROKE UP!

Not thinking their breakup would directly affect me was a mistake because the boyfriend decided that he got to keep custody of Dogg.

I didn't know what to do because he really, really thought he had the rights to my cat.

And although I loved the cat, I knew that he loved the cat.

So alas, I had to let Dogg go, but I figured he was with someone who loved him and I could still check up on him time to time through Facebook.